WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 11289.

620 P.2d 1263 (1981)

Robert Z. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmine J. Colucci, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Robert Miller, Dist. Atty. of Clark County, H. Douglas Clark and Melvin R. Bowers, Deputy Dist. Attys., Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

MANOUKIAN, Justice:

The single issue which we discuss is dispositive of this appeal, specifically, whether the trial court abused its discretion in precluding appellant from introducing independent alibi testimony. We hold that it did and, in the context of this case, that such abuse constitutes reversible error.

Appellant, Robert Z. Williams, was tried by jury and found guilty of robbery with the use of a deadly weapon during the commission...

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